The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-11-07
CAPT. INJURIES TOUR Q 'tI.Ij'
soMB NEW POINTS OF OF INTEREST Eli
From us European Note I,ook-Tho Orlxi.
nal Of tho Wheeling suspeusion Bridge
in switzsriand--strset Cars on tho
Continsnt-Deggars Everywhere. n

Ing notes Of hia three months' visit 10
Europe. He was telling group Of inter.
osted llatenera tho othor day OF the street
railways Of Genevs--how the cars were
drawn by little dummy locomotives that
moved noiaeless and amokeless over the
ralls-that carried next to no fuel, (only a
little coke) and that stopped and started
as promptly and easily as horse car. He
thought they were very admirable and
economical. n
In Europe they believe, said the Captain,
in paying for iust what you get. Hence
there are two or three rates Of faro on a
street railway-so much for q mile, 40
much for two milea and 90 much for the
whole route. All ~ d +, .''T
But the begsur system and the hotels
and Restaurants on the continent, did not
suit the Captain'e tastes at all. "You are
imporluned," said he, ION every hand for
leea. Even on the great railways the
trainman expects foe, and you must pay
him one, too, Il you aud your family
would enjoy compartment all by your.
Belves." =. 51i 1891 3t-'y5g
In ireland, the Captain thought tho
beRgar business hsdreached q point calcu.
lated to make the traveller weary OF his
life. The multiplicity Of children, also, In
that land reaches Its highest maximum.
Few die and none resign IN that country.
And yet, seeing tho Emerald IBle in the
glory Of GUNNER, the Captain was con.
strained to feel that 1t was indeed an at.
tractiye country. 5T
The ride on the Rhine, starting from
Cologne, was a feature OF his travels that
he enjoyed very much es an old river
navigator, although as compared with the
Ohio for length It could not afford much
Of trip. De took 1t all in from sun to
sun, say l25 miles. The castles on the
crag1 seemed to him monuments OF folly,
and for what they wero ever perchcd up
on those precloitous heights, seeing that
they are now In ruins, puzzled hiu utili.
tartan mind very muck. 'a5
Surgeons preaching is something that
the Captain grows eloquent over. When
asked In what bis power cousiused he
explained that IL was in his plainness and
simplicity OF speech, evident sincerity,
and bis excellent voice. -
Starting from London for the Continent
he bought gst OF Cooks tourist tickets,
good for thirty-!wo days OF travel ga laid
down in their DESIGNATED route, They
cave you much trouble at the railway
stations; their coupons secure YOU good
hotel accommodations, and in whatever
country you are there are printed direc-
tlons On the back OF the coupons to guide
you: The London office redeems the un-
used coupons at the cost price.
Leaving London on this excursion the
Captain issued orders to bis rstinue to
leave all nupet auous baggage behind, and,
as Mark Twain says, "hy light" having no
ides OF devoting his tins to fighting
trunko through the custom houses with
which the much cut up continent abounds,
1t ia no great strain on sensible woman
to wear atrayelirg dress twenty.three days,
especially il the motto Of the company is
| 70 see everything rather than to DO aeon.
| So 1iccthlng but hand aa!chels wera car.
ried by his :compagnons de voyage" on
that excursion and they were Just as
'.healthy, wealthy and wiss'' after they
got through as II thoy had carrid Saratoga
trunks-in fact moro 60. Julius C:sssr it
| WIS WIN III llld CuWIbutHltHs KAYE Ln5
name Of "impedimenta' to baggage, and
the name ought to have come down to gs
so that We might paste 1t on said trunks.
The way to do London to advantage Is
first to get out OF q hotel into comfortable
lodginga, adapted to your bank account,
vhereat you got lodging and breakfas. for
a reasonable gun, and then taxing q cab
go where you please, and keep going, and
take your dinner ard ties wherever itsui!s
You, after which you 60 to the theatre or
TO Parliament, or to bed ii you are tired.
At Freiberg, in Switzerland, the Captain
cams upon the original model Of the fret
Wheeling suepeIs.an bridge, over the sa.
rine river. ThiB was the etrgctrre sitter
which Charles Ellet, u, planned the old
bridge here. The original had ono etrikins
advantage over the one here in that it
never blew down. Elet added this fea.
ture so SO to avoid the charge Of p!agiar.
ism. i "a, 81
The Captains motto book would Ill, very
interestingly, two or three columns Of the
1STELLlaRHcRR, and it Is to be- regretted
that be will not place it at the paper'J dis
poaal. ,5